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Design error handling in C# pipelines with typed results, exception boundaries, short-circuiting, cancellation, idempotency, retry ownership, and tracing. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/08/26/error-handling-in-c-pipelines-exceptions-results-and-shortcircuiting
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Bob Ward and I recently released a series of videos, read more in the original blog post or go directly to the series on YouTube. The Azure SQL Datab Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/new-azure-sql-foundations-video-series-with-github-samples
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This post is based on a RustRover livestream hosted by our Developer Advocate, Orhun Parmaksız, with Jon Seager, VP of Engineering at Canonical. They talked about Ubuntu, Rust, and the future of core system software, including how Canonical is approaching Rust adoption and why some of the most important changes are …
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OpenTelemetry Comes to IntelliJ IDEA, GoLand, PyCharm, and WebStorm. The OpenTelemetry plugin has broken out of the confines of JetBrains Rider. No sandbox exploit was involved – this escape was planned by our developers. With the 2026.2 release, the OpenTelemetry plugin is now available in IntelliJ IDEA, GoLand, …
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DbContextExtensions, part of the DotNetTips.Spargine.Extensions project, offers reusable methods for common Entity Framework Core data-access patterns. It reduces repetitive code and enhances consistency by providing methods for adding, deleting, and managing entities, executing transactions, and performing existence …
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Discover how loveholidays uses OpenAI Codex to make software development accessible across the business, helping teams turn ideas into products faster. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/loveholidays
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The Minimus registry goes offline on October 22. Here is the migration path, the free help Docker is offering, and where to start. Link to article: https://www.docker.com/blog/moving-from-minimus-to-docker-hardened-images/
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Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports MCP Apps, which return interactive visualizations alongside your AI agent's text responses. Learn how a single, locally run MCP server lets your agent move from alert to trace to logs to root cause in one conversation, and how you can verify every step inline without leaving your …
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Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.135 (Insiders) Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog/visual-studio-code-1.135-(insiders)
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Build a governed weekly reporting workflow with Amazon Quick Desktop and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. An Amazon S3 access point exposes an approved folder to a Quick knowledge base, and a custom skill drafts cited weekly reports and Slack summaries with human review before anything is shared. Link to article: …
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Hey .NET Fans! It's that time of year again: .NET Conf is back November 10-12, 2026. We'll spend three days learning from the people who build and use .NET, catching up with the community, and l Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-conf-2026
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As previously discussed, we can divide processes into the two broad categories of packaged vs unpackaged, based on if the process HAS or LACKS package identity. Packaged processes can be divided into three broad categories: Universal Link to article: …
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Most developers I talk to aren't asking whether Azure SQL Database can handle their next app. They're asking where to start when it comes to modernization, migration, and AI in the database. If you're reading this, you're probably in a similar boat: you've got an existing schema or databases, a scaling question you …
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The August update gives you more control over two parts of development that can get complicated quickly: choosing the right level of AI assistance and managing work across Git branches and repositories. You can now tune model thinking effort for the task in front of you, share custom agents across your organization, …
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Wolverine 6.30 is out. It is a big release with one clear headline: a new endpoint mode, EndpointMode.NativeAck, plus the supporting cast it needed to be trustworthy — lease renewal, an additional idempotency guard, partitioning, and a five-node chaos harness to address a reported issue. This release came with feature …
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We are happy to announce a 30-day trial experience for Azure SRE Agent. New customers can create and configure the SRE Agent at their own pace, with no charges for setup time or keeping agents ready. During the trial, you can connect your agents to telemetry, source code, incident management platforms, and other …
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Combining C# specifications with AND, OR, and NOT requires Boolean laws, explicit null policies, parameter rebinding, and EF Core relational provider tests. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/08/25/combining-c-specifications-with-and-or-and-not
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In this post I show how to find the total number of logical CPUs on a host (not just those available to a process); something that isn't exposed in modern .NET Link to article: https://andrewlock.net/finding-the-total-number-of-processors-on-a-machine-with-dotnet/
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Every week there’s at least one new announcement about what AI will do to software development. Most of the conversation moves fast and stays shallow, focusing on productivity gains, job displacement, or which model scored highest on the latest benchmark. We’re more interested in the questions underneath that noise, so …
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